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Stanford And Cal Women Headed To Big Dance

SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 04: Stanford Cardinal head coach Tara Vanderveer talks with Marta Sniezek during the women's Pac 12 college tournament game between the Oregon Ducks and the Stanford Cardinals on March 4th, 2017, at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Aric Becker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

(AP/KPIX 5) — Both Stanford and Cal will represent the Bay Area in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Pac-12 champion Stanford joins Tennessee as the only schools with 30-year NCAA tournament streaks. The Cardinal will face 15-seed New Mexico State (24-6) in Manhattan, Kansas. Stanford was unable to host because it is hosting the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics championship.

Cal was on the tournament bubble, but received a 9-seed and will play 8-seed LSU on Saturday in Waco, TX.

This is head coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s fifth trip to the tournament in her 6-year tenure at Berkeley. Hours before the Bears’ selection, Gottlieb tweeted that she got engaged.

In between chats about RPI &brackets, he said: "How bout we do this for the rest of our lives?" I said: "Sounds like a good plan." 😍 pic.twitter.com/wm3KdxWHne